Salman Taseer

4. January 2011 | 15:21

Salman Taseer, outspoken Pakistani governor, assassinated

KARACHI, Pakistan - The governor of Pakistan’s largest province–a sharp-tongued supporter of embattled President Asif Ali Zardari and an outspoken critic of religious extremists–was assassinated Tuesday at a genteel market in the nation’s capital, allegedly by one of his own security guards, Pa… (News Source: Washington Post - 13:04:00)

Pakistani governor assassinated by his guard

Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer was a close associate of President Asif Ali Zardari. Officials say the suspected killer cited Taseer’s opposition to the country’s blasphemy law as his motive. The governor of Pakistan’s powerful Punjab province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his guards in the national capital, apparently because he had spoken out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws … (News Source: Los Angeles Times - 13:05:06)

Salman Taseer’s Indian link

Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s Punjab who was assassinated Tuesday, had an all-too-real India connection: he married and divorced Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and had a British-born son Aatish, who grew up in India and has authored a novel dramatizing a son’s search for a father. (News Source: Calcutta News - 13:35:36)

Punjab governor is assassinated

The powerful governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, dies after being shot in Islamabad, as the country’s political crisis deepens. (News Source: BBC News - 11:54:31)

Salman Taseer, Pakistan Governor Killed: Punjab Leader Shot, Say Police

What’s Your Reaction? ISLAMABAD - The governor of Pakistan’s powerful Punjab province was shot dead in the capital Tuesday by one of his guards, who told interrogators afterward that he was angry about the politician’s stance against the country’s blasphemy law, officials said. (News Source: The Huffington Post - 13:49:55)

Pak’s Punjab province governor shot dead

The governor of Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was shot at in a market in Islamabad. (News Source: IBN live - 12:06:38)

Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province assassinated

The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was assassinated by his own security guard Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, apparently because he spoke out against the country’s controversial blasphemy law. (News Source: CNN - 13:58:13)

Pakistan Province Governor Shot Dead

The governor of Punjab province in western Pakistan was killed in a shootout in an upscale Islamabad neighborhood, local news media reported Tuesday. (News Source: International Herald Tribune - 13:38:58)

Pakistan Governor Killed In Gun Attack

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The governor of Pakistan’s powerful Punjab province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his guards in the Pakistani capital, apparently because he had spoken out against the country’s controversial blasphemy laws, officials said. The killing of Salman Taseer was the most high-profile assassination of a political figure in Pakistan since the slaying of former Prime Minister Benazir … (News Source: KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - 13:12:08)

Pakistan Punjab’s Governor Taseer Killed in Gunfire Attack, Spokesman Says

Salman Taseer, Pakistan’s governor of the biggest province of Punjab, was killed in a gunfire attack in the capital, Islamabad, his spokesman said. (News Source: Bloomberg - 12:04:57)

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